Portrait of Shuchen Zhu

Shuchen Zhu

Phillip Griffiths Assistant Research Professor, Duke University

About

I am a Phillip Griffiths Assistant Research Professor at Duke University (jointly hosted by Di Fang and Yu Tong).

Before this, I was a Senior Quantum Research Associate at J.P. Morgan Chase. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgetown University in 2024, advised by Justin Thaler. Earlier, I completed an M.S. in Physics at Rutgers University and a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics at Arizona State University.

Teaching

Math 212 — Multivariable Calculus (Fall 2025)
Duke University
course page

Publications

  1. Classical Simulation of Noiseless Quantum Dynamics without Randomness
    Jue Xu, Chu Zhao, Xiangran Zhang, Shuchen Zhu, Qi Zhao
    Manuscript (2026)
    arXiv
  2. Learning Hamiltonians in the Heisenberg limit with static single-qubit fields
    Shrigyan Brahmachari, Shuchen Zhu, Iman Marvian, Yu Tong
    Manuscript (2026)
    arXiv
  3. Magic State Distillation using Asymptotically Good Codes on Qudits
    Michael Cervia, Henry Lamm, Diyi Liu, Edison Murairi, Shuchen Zhu
    Manuscript (2025)
    arXiv
  4. Synthesis of Single Qutrit Circuits from Clifford+R Gates
    Erik Gustafson, Henry Lamm, Diyi Liu, Edison Murairi, Shuchen Zhu
    Phys. Rev. A 112, 062414 (2025)
    arXiv · PRA · SIAM slides · Pdf
  5. Unified Architecture for Quantum Lookup Tables
    Shuchen Zhu, Aarthi Sundaram, Guang Hao Low
    Phys. Rev. Research 7, 043230 (2025) HAIQ (2026) TQC (2026)
    arXiv · PRR · IPAM slides
  6. Block Encoding with Low Gate Count for Second Quantized Hamiltonian
    Diyi Liu, Shuchen Zhu, Lin Lin, Guang Hao Low, Chao Yang
    QSim (2025)
    arXiv · QSim slides · QSim talk
  7. High-order Magnus Expansion for Hamiltonian Simulation
    Di Fang, Diyi Liu, Shuchen Zhu
    Manuscript (2025)
    arXiv
  8. State-space Gradient Descent and Metastability in Quantum Systems
    Shuchen Zhu, Yu Tong
    Manuscript (2025)
    arXiv
  9. Generalized Short Path Algorithms: Towards Super-Quadratic Speedup over Markov Chain Search for Combinatorial Optimization
    Shouvanik Chakrabarti, Dylan Herman, Guneykan Ozgul, Shuchen Zhu, Brandon Augustino, Tianyi Hao, Zichang He, Ruslan Shaydulin, Marco Pistoia
    TQC (2025)
    arXiv
  10. Primitive Quantum Gates for an SU(3) Discrete Subgroup
    Erik Gustafson, Yao Ji, Henry Lamm, Edison Murairi, Sebastian Osorio Perez, Shuchen Zhu
    Phys. Rev. D 110, 034515 (2024)
    arXiv · PRD
  11. Quantum Algorithm for Ground State Energy Estimation Using Circuit Depth with Exponentially Improved Dependence on Precision
    Guoming Wang, Daniel Stilck-Franca, Ruizhe Zhang, Shuchen Zhu, Peter Johnson
    Quantum 7, 1167 (2023) QCTiP (2023)
    arXiv · Quantum · QCTiP talk (by Daniel)
  12. Gluon Digitization via Character Expansion for Quantum Computers
    Yao Ji, Henry Lamm, Shuchen Zhu
    Phys. Rev. D 107, 114503 (2023)
    arXiv · PRD · QIP 2022 poster
  13. Theory of Trotter Error with Commutator Scaling
    Andrew Childs, Yuan Su, Minh Tran, Nathan Wiebe, Shuchen Zhu
    Phys. Rev. X 11, 011020 (2021) QIP (2020) QCTiP (2020)
    arXiv · PRX · QIP talk (by Yuan)
  14. Gluon Field Digitization via Group Space Decimation for Quantum Computers
    Yao Ji, Henry Lamm, Shuchen Zhu
    Phys. Rev. D 102, 114513 (2020)
    arXiv · PRD · slides
  15. Improved Approximate Degree Bounds for k-distinctness
    Nikhil Mande, Justin Thaler, Shuchen Zhu
    TQC (2020)
    arXiv · TQC · TQC slides · TQC talk
  16. Short and Long Range Population Dynamics of the Monarch
    Komi Messan, Kyle Smith, Shawn Tsosie, Shuchen Zhu, Sergei Suslov
    Manuscript (2012)
    arXiv · poster

Notes

A note on bosonization of 1D electronic gas
Shuchen Zhu — Manuscript (2015)
link

Contact

Email: shuchen.zhu@duke.edu